---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 299c–2"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "299c–2"
heading: "Certain provisions with respect to development, collection, and dissemination of data"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/299c-2"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter VII — Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality"
  - "Part E — General Provisions"
---

# §299c–2. Certain provisions with respect to development, collection, and dissemination of data

- (a) **Standards with respect to utility of data—**
  - (1) **In general—** To ensure the utility, accuracy, and sufficiency of data collected by or for the [Agency](/usc/42/299c–7.md?p=2) for the purpose described in [section 299(b) of this title](/usc/42/299.md?p=b), the [Director](/usc/42/299c–7.md?p=3) shall establish standard methods for developing and collecting such data, taking into consideration—
    - (A) other Federal health data collection standards; and
    - (B) the differences between types of health care plans, delivery systems, [health care providers](/usc/42/300aa–33.md?p=1), and [provider](/usc/42/299b–21.md?p=8) arrangements.
  - (2) **Relationship with other Department programs—** In any case where standards under [paragraph (1)](#a-1) may affect the administration of other [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) carried out by the Department of Health and Human [Services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a), including the [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) under title XVIII, XIX or XXI of the Social Security Act [[42 U.S.C. 1395](/usc/42/1395.md) et seq., 1396 et seq., 1397aa et seq.], or may affect health information that is subject to a standard developed under part C of title XI of the Social Security Act [[42 U.S.C. 1320d](/usc/42/1320d.md) et seq.], they shall be in the form of recommendations to the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) for such [program](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4).
- (b) **Statistics and analyses—** The [Director](/usc/42/299c–7.md?p=3) shall—
  - (1) take appropriate action to ensure that statistics and analyses developed under this subchapter are of high quality, timely, and duly comprehensive, and that the statistics are specific, standardized, and adequately analyzed and indexed; and
  - (2) publish, make available, and disseminate such statistics and analyses on as wide a basis as is practicable.
- (c) **Authority regarding certain requests—** Upon request of a public or private entity, the [Director](/usc/42/299c–7.md?p=3) may conduct or support research or analyses otherwise authorized by this subchapter pursuant to arrangements under which such entity will pay the cost of the [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) provided. Amounts received by the [Director](/usc/42/299c–7.md?p=3) under such arrangements shall be available to the [Director](/usc/42/299c–7.md?p=3) for obligation until expended.

## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IX, § 943, formerly § 923, as added Pub. L. 106–129, § 2(a), Dec. 6, 1999, 113 Stat. 1666; renumbered § 933, Pub. L. 109–41, § 2(a)(3), July 29, 2005, 119 Stat. 424; renumbered § 943, Pub. L. 111–148, title III, § 3013(a)(2), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 381.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620. Part C of title XI of the Act is classified generally to part C (§ 1320d et seq.) of title XI of chapter 7 of this title. Titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Act are classified generally to subchapters XVIII (§ 1395 et seq.), XIX (§ 1396 et seq.), and XXI (§ 1397aa et seq.), respectively, of chapter 7 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of this title and Tables.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 299c–2, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IX, § 923, as added Pub. L. 101–239, title VI, § 6103(c), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2202; amended Pub. L. 102–410, § 5(e), Oct. 12, 1992, 106 Stat. 2098, related to development, collection, and dissemination of data, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 106–129.